Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-22
SUNDAYS SERVICES.
III. HOge's OId-Mnrket Hail Meet
ilS-Arraugements for Thanks
giving Day.

Al ld-Markct Hall on Sunday night
as D.. Eoge finished the reading of the
first hymn the clock struck $ and rs he
wos pronouuciDg the benediction it
struck 9. The services commence and
close plnctually at these hours 1t was
evident on Sunday night that if the peo-
pie expect to get seats they must come
before 8. The audience began to assem-
ble by and continued to increase until
between 1900 and 1,400 we're present.
1t is easy 10 determine the size of the
congregation on any night by the num-
ber Of slips on which the hymns are
printed and handed bY the ushers to the
people as they enter the hall.
Dr. Hoge took for his text the first
ve-se OF the fifth chapter OF Matthew
" And seeing the multitudes He went up
into % mountain, and when He was set
hls disciples came unto him, and He
opened his mouth and taught them.
The divisions of the discourse were !:
First, why such multitudes hocked to the
preaching Of Jesus. Second, how he
felt toward those who came. "He had
compassion on them Third, what lie
did for them. He taught them -
plainly. faithfully tenderly; healed their
sick. and made their healing typical of
His cure of the deeper maladios OF the
soul Fourth. the same compassion,
the same power, the same willingness to
comfort the sorrowing and pardon the
sinful is found in Jesus now.
During the discourse, after Dr. Hoge
had related touching incident OF the
way in which a prodigal son in London
who had been dIsinherited and disowned
bv his father obtained forgiveness, he
said that as this was his third sermon on
that day he would stop and rest little,
While Captain Frank Cunningham sang
II bvmn. after which he would briefly
discuss the last division Of his sermon
and conclude The hymn selected by
Captain Cunningham was one of DIR.
Bonars entitled d" Welcome, Wanderer,
Welcome" and was sung with such eX-
preston ami feeling that the audience
was deeply affected.
The good order, stiffness, and atten-
ton which has been 50 often noticed
were never more evident than on Sun
day night, and nothing could have been
more encouraging than the opening SER
vice of the series which is TO be con-
tinued through the fall and winter.
REV. Mr.. SHIELDS AT THE MONUMENTAL.
An excellent sermon was preached
Sunday morning at Monumental church
by Rev James ". Shields, OF SAenan-
doah county, Virginia.
He began his discourse by speaking OF
God as an economist. Not sunbeam,
nor grain of sand, nor leaf, nor any
thing is ever lost in nature. And the
counterpart Of economy in nature is ac-
countabllity in man.
In these times there is a feature OF
efleminacy in religion which tries to take
away from God his sterner attributes.
Some people do not seem willing 10 COM
bine the qualities OF love and sternness
in one nature, and therefore, believing
God is love, they have no fear as TO the
hereafter This IS wrong. Life should
be pursued with judgment 10 come
always in view. The skull should always
be on the table at the feast. and while
life should not be all groans and sighs, it
should not be one round OF pleasure.
FACULTIES.
Man is the masterpiece OF Gods hand.
But the very faculties which are given
usaboye all other creatures may, il not
properly exercised, be our jailers or tor
mentors.
DfAiISATIOS.
Take the imagination for instance. 1t
can paint the walls OF It's court with pic
lures that n Eubens could not have put
on canvas, but 1t is likewise calculated to
lead TO death, for il may make man a
moral prostitute. BY debauched i'm
agination he can hang his mind with
such pictures that no pure eye could
look at without a shudder. For every
such thought man will be held accounta-
BILE to God.
HEII.